How can I redirekt MS-OFFICE-Dialogbox open/Save to specific folder

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albatross
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Post by albatross » Nov 17th, ’19, 20:54

Hi,

is there a possibility to send a folder (stored in in Fastkeys) to an Save/Open Dialogbox of Excel/Word and to USE this value also
for opening an explorer (if no Dialogbox is open?)


Example:
Scenario 1: No Dialogbox (Save/open) is existing
- I call Fastkeys and select the menuitem to open the folder (with explorer)

Scenarion2: Exel/Word is active/ and the Dialogbox for Save/open is called
- I select from Fastkeys the same value - but instead opening an explorer, Fastkeys send the path to the Dialobox.

I tried this with Run and Open - but in both cases the explorer appears instead.

Thanks in advance
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Tom
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Post by Tom » Nov 17th, ’19, 21:34

You could use Type: Send to send the folder path.
For example:

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D:\MyFolder{Enter}
albatross
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Post by albatross » Nov 18th, ’19, 17:40

Hello Tom,

thanks for the quick response.

The solution proposal is now working for MS-Dialogboxes. But it does not work anymore for the explorer.

I used in earlier days a tool called quick access popoup (which is close to Fastkeys).
This tool supports this functionality. It detects if an Dialogbox is open - and if yes - then it sends my stored folder information to the box.
and if no Box is opened - it openes an explorer redirected to this folder.

Both Tools (Fastkeys & Quick access popoup) are written with Autohotkey - so far I have seen.
My assumption was now - that this could be done also in Fastkeys - maybe by a script.
Unfortuanely - I'm a newbie to Autohotkey ....

kind regards
albatross

P.S: I switched from QAP to Fastkeys - as I love the features already preinstalled ..
Intuitive Hotkey, autocompletetext ... The Clipboard-selection .....
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